"Wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth The wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth was worn by the future Queen Elizabeth II at her wedding to Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh on 20 November 1947 in Westminster Abbey. Given the rationing of clothing at the time, she still had to purchase the material using ration coupons. The dress was designed by Norman Hartnell. Hartnell's signature was said to be embroidery, and he enjoyed ""working with soft, floating fabrics, particularly tulle and chiffon, and with plain, lustrous silks"". The dress was made of soft Damascus Prokar, with a high neckline, tailored bodice and a"
"Sarah Burton Sarah Jane Burton (née Heard, born 1974) is an English fashion designer, currently creative director of fashion brand Alexander McQueen. She designed Catherine Middleton's wedding dress for her wedding to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge in April 2011. In 2012, she was named in Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world according to ""Time"". Burton was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, one of five children of Anthony and Diana Heard. She attended Withington Girls' School in Manchester. After completing an art foundation course at Manchester Polytechnic, and opting to pursue fashion over"
"an honorary degree from Manchester Metropolitan University where she was a former student, becoming an honorary Doctor of Arts. Burton was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to the British fashion industry. Sarah Burton Sarah Jane Burton (née Heard, born 1974) is an English fashion designer, currently creative director of fashion brand Alexander McQueen. She designed Catherine Middleton's wedding dress for her wedding to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge in April 2011. In 2012, she was named in Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people"
"can be seen in museum collections to this day. Following the early death of George VI in 1952, Hartnell was commanded by Queen Elizabeth II to design her 1953 Coronation Dress. Many versions were sketched by Hartnell and his new assistant Ian Thomas. These were then discussed with the Queen. At the command of the Queen, the final design had the similar 'sweet-heart' neckline used for Her Majesty's wedding dress in 1947, the fuller skirt with heavy, soft folds of silk embellished with varied embroideries, including the depiction of the national botanical emblems of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries,"
"the radio due to the Archbishop of Canterbury's concern ""that men might listen to it in public houses"". Elizabeth's wedding dress was made from deep ivory chiffon moire, embroidered with pearls and a silver thread. It was intended to match the traditional Flanders lace provided for the train by Queen Mary. Elizabeth's dress, which was in the fashion of the early 1920s, was designed by Madame Handley-Seymour, dressmaker to Queen Mary. Its design was reportedly based on a dress created by Jeanne Lanvin and was ""suggestive of a medieval Italian gown"". Elizabeth chose not to wear a tiara, and instead"
"Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, described Kennedy's wedding gown as ""everything goals"". It was also reported that Markle herself would pay for the bridal gown, but she did not. Markle chose designer Waight Keller because she ""wanted to highlight the success of a leading British talent who has now served as the creative head of three globally influential fashion houses — Pringle of Scotland, Chloé, and now Givenchy."" She chose Keller to create her wedding dress due to the designer's ""elegant aesthetic"" and ""relaxed demeanour."" Waight Keller has been Givenchy's creative director since 2017. The dress was made in Paris by ""a"
"Wedding dress of Sophie Rhys-Jones The wedding dress of Sophie Rhys-Jones refers to the bridal gown worn by Sophie Rhys-Jones at her wedding to Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 19 June 1999 at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. The dress was designed by Samantha Shaw. The dress is made of hand-dyed silk organza and hand-dyed silk crepe. It is full-length, with long sleeves and the detail consists of rows of pearls and crystal beading around the neck, sleeves and train, with further beading down the back"
"wore a diamond tiara, from the Queen's private collection, consisting of three open-work scroll motifs, designed and re-modelled by the Crown Jeweller, David Thomas, at Asprey and Garrard. Her shoes were three-inch heel court shoes made of silk crepe by Gina. Wedding dress of Sophie Rhys-Jones The wedding dress of Sophie Rhys-Jones refers to the bridal gown worn by Sophie Rhys-Jones at her wedding to Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 19 June 1999 at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. The dress was designed by Samantha Shaw."
"Award for his influence on world fashion and in the same year created an extensive wardrobe for Queen Elizabeth to wear during the Royal Tour of South Africa in 1947, the first Royal Tour abroad since 1939. Both slimline and crinoline styles were included. In addition Hartnell designed for the young Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret; Molyneux also designed some day clothes for the Princesses during this trip. Although worried that at 46 he was too old for the job, he was commanded by the Queen to create the wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth in 1947 for her marriage to"
"Order (LVO) in 2012. Angela Kelly Mary Angela Kelly, LVO (born 4 November 1967, Liverpool) is a British fashion designer, dressmaker and milliner, who has served as Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Elizabeth II since 2002. The daughter of a Liverpool dock worker, Ms Kelly is responsible for the Queen's clothes, jewellery and insignia. She researches the venues for royal visits as well as the significance of different colours, in order to create appropriate outfits for the monarch. Notable creations by Kelly include: In 2006, she was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO), and promoted to"
"Wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier The wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier was worn by Jacqueline Bouvier in her wedding to John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1953. The dress is one of the best-remembered bridal gowns of all time. The gown was the creation of African-American fashion designer Ann Lowe, who never received credit for it during her lifetime. Instead, when asked who made her dress, Jacqueline Kennedy said it was a ""colored woman."" The dress is now on display at the Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts. Janet Lee Bouvier, Jacqueline's mother, hired Lowe to design and make the entire"
"Hardy Amies Sir Edwin Hardy Amies, KCVO (17 July 1909 – 5 March 2003), known as Hardy Amies, was an English fashion designer, founder of the Hardy Amies label and best known for his official title as dressmaker for Queen Elizabeth II, from her accession to the throne 1952 until his retirement in 1989. He established the monarch's crisp, understated style of dress. ""I don't think she feels clothes which are too chic are exactly very friendly,"" he told one fashion editor. ""The Queen's attitude is that she must always dress for the occasion"". Hardy Amies was born Edwin Amies"
"Wedding dress of Catherine Middleton English designer Sarah Burton, creative director of the luxury fashion house Alexander McQueen, designed the bridal gown worn by Catherine Middleton at her wedding to Prince William on 29 April 2011. The dress and its maker were not formally announced until the bride stepped from her car to enter Westminster Abbey just prior to the service. Noted for its design, symbolism, and expected influence on Western bridal gown trends, the dress was widely anticipated and generated much comment in the media. Replicas of the dress were produced and sold, and the original dress was on"
"more than 50 years; her deputy private secretary, Edward Young; her equerry, Lieutenant Colonel Dan Rex; and waterman. Christopher Livett. Other guests on the barge included Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London; Kamalesh Sharma, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth; Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, historian Simon Schama and Sir Donald Gosling with his partner Gabriella Di Nora. The Queen wore an ensemble designed by royal couturier Angela Kelly, comprising dress, coat, hat and shawl. The coat, which had a pleated frill at the front and neck, was of ivory boucle, decorated with gold, silver and ivory paillettes and Swarovski crystals."
"patterned day dress, specially designed for the occasion. Parvin designed Zara Tindall's ivory silk bridal gown for her 2011 wedding. In January 2018, Parvin was the bookmakers' favourite to design Meghan Markle's dress for her wedding to Prince Harry on 19 May 2018. Stewart Parvin Stewart Charles Reginald Parvin (born September 1966) is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture gowns. Stewart Parvin was born in September 1966, in Wokingham, Berkshire, to Dennis and Juliana V. Parvin nee Barker. He has a sister Amelia born 1971. He studied fashion at the Edinburgh College of Art. Parvin worked for"
"Elizabeth Emanuel Elizabeth Florence Emanuel (née Weiner, born 5 July 1953) is a British fashion designer who is best known for designing, with her former husband David Emanuel, the wedding dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1981. Since then Elizabeth developed her own label, worked in costume design for airlines, cinema, pop video and television productions, as well as providing a couture service to some of the world's most famous women. Born in London to an American father Samuel Charles (Buddy) Weiner and British mother Brahna Betty Weiner. Elizabeth was educated at the City of London School for"
"Angela Kelly Mary Angela Kelly, LVO (born 4 November 1967, Liverpool) is a British fashion designer, dressmaker and milliner, who has served as Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Elizabeth II since 2002. The daughter of a Liverpool dock worker, Ms Kelly is responsible for the Queen's clothes, jewellery and insignia. She researches the venues for royal visits as well as the significance of different colours, in order to create appropriate outfits for the monarch. Notable creations by Kelly include: In 2006, she was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO), and promoted to Lieutenant of the same"
"economy by up to £500 million. The wedding invitations specified a dress code for men of ""Dress Uniform, Morning Coat or Lounge Suit""; for women, ""Day Dress and Hat"". The wedding dress was designed by the British designer Clare Waight Keller under the aegis of the fashion house Givenchy. It was made of ""double-bonded silk cady cushioned by an underskirt in triple silk organza"" and had a boat neckline, long sleeves and sweeping train. The silk veil was long and was embroidered with 55 flowers, representing the 53 countries of the Commonwealth, as well as Wintersweet, which grows in front"
"June 1952 that the coronation would take place on 2 June 1953. Norman Hartnell was commissioned by the Queen to design the outfits for all members of the royal family, including Elizabeth's coronation gown. His design for the gown evolved through nine proposals, and the final version resulted from his own research and numerous meetings with the Queen: a white silk dress embroidered with floral emblems of the countries of the Commonwealth at the time: the Tudor rose of England, Scottish thistle, Welsh leek, shamrock for Northern Ireland, wattle of Australia, maple leaf of Canada, the New Zealand silver fern,"
"Hartnell as well as other London designers to create their clothes for use at home and abroad Hartnell's design for the wedding dress of HRH Princess Margaret in 1960 marked the last full State occasion for which he designed an impressive tableau of dresses. It also marked the swan-song of lavish British couture. The bride wore a multi-layered white princess line dress, totally unadorned yet demanding in its construction, utilising many layers of fine silk, and requiring as much skill as the complexities of the Queen's Coronation dress, which it echoed in outline. The Queen wore a long blue lace"
"Stewart Parvin Stewart Charles Reginald Parvin (born September 1966) is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture gowns. Stewart Parvin was born in September 1966, in Wokingham, Berkshire, to Dennis and Juliana V. Parvin nee Barker. He has a sister Amelia born 1971. He studied fashion at the Edinburgh College of Art. Parvin worked for the couturier Donald Campbell, before starting his own Stewart Parvin label in 1995. Parvin has been designing clothes for Queen Elizabeth II since 2007, and in March 2016, the Queen presented him with the Royal Victorian Order (RVO) whilst wearing a Parvin purple"
"bridesmaids for her marriage to Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, third son of King George V. Two bridesmaids were Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, daughters of the Duke and Duchess of York (the future King King George VI and his consort Elizabeth). Both George V and Queen Mary approved the designs, the latter also becoming a client. The future Queen Elizabeth, then a client of Madame Handley-Seymour, who had made her wedding dress in 1923, accompanied her daughters to the Hartnell salon to view the fittings and met the designer for the first time. Although Hartnell's designs for the new"
"Maureen Baker (fashion designer) Evelyn Maureen Baker (born Porter; 26 May 1920 – 5 December 2017) was a British fashion designer. She was the chief designer for the Susan Small label for many years, before working for her own label. She is perhaps best known as the designer of the wedding dress of Princess Anne. She was born Evelyn Maureen Porter on 26 May 1920, one of six children of Stephen Porter, a bookmaker, and his wife, Ethel, grew up in Hammersmith, London, and was educated at a convent school. Baker rose to prominence when she was appointed in 1943"
"to Hartnell was not total, as he and Handley-Seymour both supplied clothes for Queen Elizabeth's wardrobe for the 1939 royal tour of Canada. In 1958 the Handley-Seymours' daughter Joyce donated a number of Handley-Seymour design books ranging from 1910 to early 1940 to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The breadth and scope of the collection of 51 volumes of designs is seen as an ""unrivalled"" record of a court-dressmaker's work. Elizabeth Handley-Seymour Elizabeth Handley-Seymour (1867–1948) was a London-based fashion designer and court-dressmaker operating as Madame Handley-Seymour between 1910 and 1940. She is best known for creating the wedding dress worn"
"Coronation gown of Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II's coronation took place on 2 June 1953. Ordered in October 1952, it took eight months of research, design and workmanship to make the intricate embroidery of her coronation gown. It featured the floral emblems of the countries of the United Kingdom and those of the other states within the Commonwealth of Nations, including the English Tudor rose, Scots thistle, Welsh leek, Irish shamrock, Canadian maple leaf, Australian wattle, New Zealand silver fern, South African protea, Indian lotus flower for India, the Lotus flower of Ceylon, and Pakistan's wheat, cotton, and jute. The"
"his work as being: Cavanagh maintained a purity of line and form in all his designs. He designed clothes appropriate to the lifestyles of his predominantly British and American clientele, such as cocktail and evening dresses, and tailored suits. He aimed for his clothes to look equally good wherever they were worn, be it in London, Paris or New York. He also made two famous wedding dresses; the first was for the wedding of Katharine Worsley to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent on 8 June 1961. Two years later, Princess Alexandra wore a magnolia lace wedding dress and veil from"
"John Cavanagh (designer) John Cavanagh (1914-2003) was a successful Irish couturier of the 1950s and 1960s. A member of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers (IncSoc), his style has been described as reflecting Parisian chic. He designed the wedding dresses for the Duchess of Kent in 1961 and for Princess Alexandra in 1963. John Cavanagh strongly identified as Irish, telling reporters that he was born in County Mayo, although his obituary in ""The Times"" states he was born in London. He was educated at St Paul's School. In 1932 Cavanagh was employed as a secretary for the couturier Edward"
"cousin, Lady Mary Cambridge. Alice wore a blush-hued wedding gown, the only British Royal bride to do so. Her gown was designed by Norman Hartnell, who later designed the wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth, the future queen. The dress was ""of modest simplicity, with long, narrow sleeves and a high neckline draped into a nosegay of artificial orange-blossom"". The veil was made from ""a drifting cloud of crisp modern tulle"". On her way to the private chapel at Buckingham Palace, Alice wore ""an ermine blanket stole"" due to the cold weather. Although the day was cold and wet, a crowd"
"Wedding dress of Princess Eugenie of York The wedding dress of Princess Eugenie of York worn at her wedding to Jack Brooksbank on 12 October 2018 was designed by the British fashion designers Peter Pilotto and Christopher de Vos of British-based label Peter Pilotto. In a pre-wedding interview, Eugenie had said: ""I'm not telling anyone who is making it, but I can say it is a British-based designer ... As soon as we announced the wedding, I knew the designer, and the look, straight away"". British-based designer Erdem was the bookmakers' favourite to design Eugenie's wedding dress. Suzannah and Stella"
"around ten million pounds towards Middleton's own charity fund as well as the Royal Collection. Wedding dress of Catherine Middleton English designer Sarah Burton, creative director of the luxury fashion house Alexander McQueen, designed the bridal gown worn by Catherine Middleton at her wedding to Prince William on 29 April 2011. The dress and its maker were not formally announced until the bride stepped from her car to enter Westminster Abbey just prior to the service. Noted for its design, symbolism, and expected influence on Western bridal gown trends, the dress was widely anticipated and generated much comment in the"
"would stand out. Like her bridal gown, the costume was designed by Norman Hartnell. Hartnell proposed at least eight different designs; the first, very simple, similar to that worn by Queen Victoria at her Coronation; the second, a modern slim-fitting sheath gown, embroidered in gold; the third, a crinoline style coronation dress of white satin, silver tissue and crusty silver lace; the fourth, white satin embroidered with Madonna and arum lilies and encrusted with pendant pearls; the fifth, a colourful design of violets, roses and wheat, the sixth, white satin with gold, silver and copper embroideries featuring branches of oak"
"an estimated 200 million people. The bride wore a wedding gown of Valenciennes lace, with matching veil and train, designed by John Cavanagh with the City of London diamond fringe tiara. She made her way with her brother, the Duke of Kent, from Kensington Palace to the church. The bridesmaids included Princess Anne and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, and the best man was Peregrine Fairfax. The Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey conducted the service. Angus Ogilvy declined the Queen's offer to be created an earl upon marriage, so their children carry no titles. Angus Ogilvy was knighted in 1988 (when"
"Wedding dress of Grace Kelly The wedding dress of the American actress Grace Kelly, worn during her wedding to Prince Rainier III of Monaco on 19 April 1956, is cited as one of the most elegant and best-remembered bridal gowns of all time, and one of the most famous since the mid 20th century. One author describes the dress as ""adding to the marital fervor and elevating matrimonial fashion"" and a major influence on women who strove to ""emulate Kelly's peau de soie and lace masterpiece"". It was designed by Helen Rose of MGM. The dress consisted of a bodice"